Houston Astros host the Chicago White Sox Wednesday

Chicago White Sox (73-65, first in the AL Central) vs. Houston Astros (70-69, first in the AL West)

Houston; Wednesday, 8:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Davis Martin (0-0); Astros: Hayden Wesneski (4-1, 3.86 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 28 strikeouts)

LINE: Astros -144, White Sox +117; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Houston Astros host the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday.

Houston has gone 34-36 in home games and 70-69 overall. The Astros have the eighth-best team slugging percentage in MLB play at .409.

Chicago is 73-65 overall and 32-38 in road games. The White Sox have a 34-20 record in games when they hit two or more home runs.

The teams meet Wednesday for the sixth time this season. The Astros lead the season series 3-2.

TOP PERFORMERS: Yordan Alvarez leads the Astros with a .316 batting average, and has 28 doubles, a triple, 37 home runs, 96 walks and 94 RBI. Jeremy Pena is 11 for 41 with three home runs and six RBI over the last 10 games.

Sam Antonacci has 20 doubles, three triples and eight home runs for the White Sox. Tristan Peters is 12 for 33 with two doubles and five home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Astros: 5-5, .207 batting average, 4.50 ERA, outscored by two runs

White Sox: 6-4, .239 batting average, 5.11 ERA, outscored by two runs

INJURIES: Astros: Mike Burrows: 15-Day IL (elbow), Brice Matthews: 60-Day IL (knee), Carlos Correa: 60-Day IL (ankle), Brandon Walter: 60-Day IL (elbow)

White Sox: Tanner Murray: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Prelander Berroa: 60-Day IL (elbow), Davis Martin: 15-Day IL (finger), Drew Thorpe: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Leasure: 60-Day IL (flexor), Huascar Brazoban: 15-Day IL (lat), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow), Chris Murphy: 15-Day IL (flexor), Joey Bart: 10-Day IL (hand), Kyle Teel: 10-Day IL (ankle), Brooks Baldwin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Mike Vasil: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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